Mansfield Girl Scouts celebrate Christmas by helping those in need

Mansfield Girl Scout Junior Troop #579, led by Andrea Alfieri, hosted Mansfield’s Girl Scout Christmas party recently to not just celebrate Christmas but to make a difference for others.

The event was dubbed ‘Blankets for Those in Need’ in which 20 of Mansfield’s Girl Scout troops made one (or more) ‘tie-knot’ blankets to be donated to The Interfaith Hospitality Network in Oxford.

Twenty-seven blankets were made and then brought to Trinity Methodist Church in Hackettstown by Junior Troop #864 Leader Linda Katstra where T.I.H.N had homeless families staying. While celebrating, all the girls were also able make at least one holiday card to send to American military troops.

In all, Troop #579 was able to deliver 80+ holiday cards to the National Guard Station in Washington. In addition to the blankets and cards, Mansfield’s Senior Troop #792, led by Diane Cafferty, was able to collect 80 unwrapped toys that were donated to D.Y.F.S.S in Warren County.